Pillow bed

So as you can see I am embarking on my Pinterest journey cautiously! 

Realistically as much as I want to build a man cave from pallets, it's probably best I start at a more simpler level.

Something practical I thought. 

Something that we can use. 

Because that is the problem isn't it, we love these ideas we come across but do we really need them?

So I found this little project :- https://creativeladyofthehouse.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/pillow-beds/

Found this really easy tutorial. 

So what did I use and how much did it cost?

Pillows - I have about twenty of the things. So I used five of them.

Four pillow cases - I got two packs of two pillowcases from Primark which cost £1.80 a pack - total £3.60.

And of course thread which I already had. 

So total cost was just £3.60, pretty good so far. 

I literally sewed the the sides of the pillow cases together - just that, three lines of sewing. And that's it. I decided to put two pillows in the first pillowcase to bulk it out, and then just one pillow into the three other pillowcases. That's it. 

Verdict from my 5 3/4 year old? Wonderful. It's been everywhere. The floor (that's what it's meant for) but also on her bed, she said it made it extra soft, folded into a 'seat' to watch t.v. 

It works - it's easy - it's cheap. 

Have a go, especially if you have a little one they are brilliant. 

The smile says it all! 

Play dough - hit or just a mess!!!

So, today I've decided to embark on a real MYO (make your own) day! 

Of course i'm back on Pinterest to see what I can make without having to go out and actually buying anything! 

Now there's a thing! Is it just me or do you to look at these projects that look oh so simple and then you realise you have to go out and buy a car full of goods. And is it just me or does that not add up from a monitory point of view?. 

Anyway that's a little rant that I am quite sure I will cover a lot more in the future!

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So, I  opened my kitchen cupboard and looked to see what I could create?

With a small person asking to help, and feeling not really in the mood for the mess that baking can bring when done with a five and three quarter year old, I had a lightbulb moment. .....play dough. Now I am going to be honest about this  I have tried to make Play dough before and have only come up with an odd smelling, gloopy mess. That's a very accurate description I have to say!  

So I was a little sceptical. After looking for the 'best' recipe (as if I would really know whether it was the best or not!) I found this:-https://www.pinterest.com/pin/382876405797342499/

Microwave play dough - well it was the one thing that ticked all the boxes. 

So off I went and to be honest it all came together pretty well. I wasn't so sure about the microwaving and whether it would then turn into a burnt mess. But it was prefect. 

The result:-

Good looking hippos 😉

So all in all this was definitely a success. After an awful lot of years, I was thrilled to have created what the little person called brill dough - and if she's happy, then so am I. 

So I'm off back to find the next challenge from the wonderful world of Pinterest.

A new year - another try!!!

So, this blogging business hasn't gone too well. I so wanted to share my love of making things and then life gets in the way! 

Shopping, children, doctors appointments, you're getting the drift aren't you?

So as we start a new year I'm going to start doing this blog from a different angle!

So what was I doing In between my life stuff?  (not the blog that's for sure).

I was indeed tinkering, but not my own creations I found. I was inspired - constantly - by that wonderful world that is Pinterest. It's amazing how you can become absorbed by what other people are creating. So I found myself sitting waiting for my gastroenterologist pinning '100 things to make with pallets' or waiting for blood tests and pinning '50 useful things to do with a plastic cup' - I made that one up!

And then I had my lightbulb moment, that's what I should share - what I find on Pinterest and I should try out all these fascinating ideas. 

Do they work? 

Can I really build a man cave for the husband from pallets I find in the car park of the local industrial estate? 

Who knows, but I'm going to try them out. (Maybe start with a smaller project than a man cave).

And.......I've finally worked out when I can write the blog - where I am this very second, sitting outside my daughters school waiting for home time. I have a spare fourty five minutes every day, which up to now I've just sat and watched the robbin from the allotments hop about. The occasional allotment resident pop in to tend the soil. (This I am assuming, because it's -1 outside at the moment and I'm sure there is nothing growing in there). And then of course the onslaught of mums trudging to the school gates to collect their little darlings. 

So welcome (again) to my world, my Pinterest world that is!